It makes perfect sense for me to draw scenes from the oil patch. I need to make a disclaimer; I’ve never actually worked on an oil rig. Not that they would take me, being a hazard to self and others. But my late father spent many years on the rigs, I have lifelong friends in the business, and I had thousands of customers in the oil industry before I drew my first oil rig piece.

I know these folks.

In fact, one could beg the question “What else would I draw?”

What these art snobs can’t seem to understand is that I’m not drawing for them. I’m drawing for the people I know.